National Republican., 1887-12-26

squabbling disciples to teach the lesson ot hu, |
ld leopard and m oS HS ssa ,TfPca YET ta' 50 ydone
Gated that little child shall lead them.
4 child decidea n,,,Sss. waterloo, shg%c row.
could take a short cut through the fields when,
II the old road had been followed, the, Pfus.
sian general would have come up TOO late 70
that decided Gettysburg, he having overheard
two confederate generals In a conversation IN |
Dsss aSS they &sS fsSdsS 70 ms5p nS & Fl isuosd
started to NEE. ' sheif opponents
aday efs'yso9dTs e 80 decide And All the sh' great S
make all the laws, settle all the destlnies, and
usher in the worlds salvation or Destruction.
sehcS sSn fSs m ere any Veet I've So
as child's cheek? Is there any sky 80 blue
as child's eye Is there any music so sweet
as the child,s voice Is there any plume 80
Notice also that in this Bible night scene God
honored'science. Who are the three wise men
not igporamuses, but Caspar,, Belthasar, and
Melchior, men who knew all that was 70 be
known. They were the Isaac Newtons aud
alchemy was the lforerunner ofour subli
chemistry, their astrology the mother
Of our magnificent astronomy They
ais, ah suGieS qc'0 physiology, studied studied every.
thing. Aud when see these scientists bow.
ing before the beautiful babe ! see the
and microscopes, and all the .Leyden jars, aud
all the electric batteries, and all the observe.
tories and all the universities shall bow 70
the college that does not have morning
prayers. thus bowling at the manger2 Who
hye been pa%s. Se sese "a sIp 1ng om Me
had among them Christian men, like
our own joseph g. Hutchinson ana S Kun ana
netby? Who have been our greatest scientisM2
Joseph Henry, who lived and died in the faith
Of the Gospel and AE9ssil, Tho, & standlpS nd WIN
and said; "loung gentlemen, before we study
these rocks let us pray for T;aom ito to th Goi
osors s6S tRs OF
and ot all this land and OF nll lands, revere
The Christian religion, aud are not ashamed To
say so before iuries ana iesisssgres an ana pe sen
of Ages. All botany VIII yet worship the Rose
of Sharon. All astronomy Will yet ree1s.
| and anatomy will join hands and say, we must
| by the help oil God get tn, human race up to
| the perfect nerve and perfect muscle and per.
| child before whom nigh twenty hundred years
| ago CPspar and Belthasar and Melchior bent
| their tired knees In worship.
Rehold also in that first Christmas night
| that God honored the fields Come in, shop
| herd boys, to Bethlehem and see the child;
NO" they say, we @ a,e not d., dressed O GOOD good
| in" Sure enough, the. storms and the night
dew, aud the brambles have made rough work
| with th,ir atpate, but none, have better
the music Of that Christmas night. The first
| annourt ement of a Sayi0ur's birth was made
to those men In the fields There, were wise
acres that night in Bethlehem and Jerusa en-
| snoring in deep sleep, aud there were salaried
| officers Of government, who, hearing OF II
afterward, may have thought that they ought
! TO have had the first news OF such great
event, some. one dismounting from swift
camel at their door, and knocking TIL at some
sen tiners question, who comes there q the
Of the celestial arrival. No; the shepherds
heard the first two bars of the music, the first
in the major key and the last In the subdped
earth peace, good Cd viii viii to mem All. yes; the
fields were honored. The old shepherds with
plaid and crook have for the most part van.
ished, but we have grazing-our United States
million sheep-and all Their, their keepers
70 fSlow the ,o shepahsG1s n q my
Not only that Christmas night, but all up and
the sss 05s sG Sd has sfeS
reform and literature, and eloauence, and law,
and benevolence, have come from the helds.
the eds n
fields, Daniel Webster. from the fields. Martin
Luther from the slds And before this
our crowded cities will have TO take 70 the
fields. Instead of ten merchants In rivalry as
who shall sell that one apple want at
| Instead of ten merchants desiring TO sell that
one bushel of wheat, we want at least eight
ord eW Wants 9 90 Sut sna bar uae
bIonZed cheeks, more muscular arms. To
the ieldsl God honored them when he woke
and he will, while The world lasts, continne
to honor the fields. When tho shepherds
crook was that famous night stood against the
| wall of the Bethlehem kahp, II was a prophecy
of The time when thresher's fsIl and farmer,
| plough, and Woodlands axe. and ox's yoke,
! and she8f binders rakethall surrender to the
God who made the country Us man made the
Behold also that on Christmas night God
homo ed motherhood. Two angels on theii
to Bethlehem without Mary's being there ai
all. when the villagers, on the morning O.
December 26tb, awoke, by divine arrangement
might have been found in some comfortable
cradle OF the village, But no, no! Motherhood
for all time was TO be consetra;ed, and one o.
relation. and one OF the sweetest wordl
mother" In all ages God has hOnored good
motherhood. John Wesley had agood moth er
gett a good mother. Doddridge good mother
Walter Scott good mother BENJAMIN West q
good mother. In O great audience, most o.
who been blessed ofChrlstian mothers arise
and almost the entire assembly stood up. DON
you zee how important Y Is that ali mother.
Italian artist. when he sketched the Madonna
make 1t an Italian face? Why did Rnbens
the German artist In his Madonna make Y ,
English artist, in his Madonna make 1t al
English face? Why did Murillo, the SPANS,
artist, in his Madonna make 1t Spanish face
mothers as the type Of Mary, the mother o
Christ When you hear some one IN sermoi,
or oration speak in the abstract Of good
. tears while you say to yourself. that was m!
mother. The first word a child utters Is apt u
be, Mother" and the old man IN his dyins
not whether she was brought up In the sur
, roundings Of city, and in afuent home, anS
was dressed appropriately, with reference Y
| woIe the old,time cap and great round spec
, tacles, and apron of her own make, and kni
. your socks with her own needles seated by tn
broad fireplace, with great back log a6laze. OF
, | winter night. IT matters not how man.
! wrinkles crossed and recrossed her faea, o
J how much her shoulders stopped with thu
.. donna hers would be the face. What gentl
hand she had when we were sick, and what
. voice TO eoothe pain, and was there any on
purity, and light? And what o sad day tina
! was when we came home and she could gree
Srhsr hPs were forever still Con
your old place, and as ten, or twenty, or Mt
4 | years ago, come and open the old Bible yo
! where y5u used 10 pray, and look @ @upo
us 6s OF old when you wished us
, Merry Christmas or n Happy New Year. Bui
no That would not be fair to call you back
, You had troubles enough, ana aches enough
! and tereayements enough while you wer
: here. Tarry by the throne, mother, till w
!, Join you there your prayers all answered., an
, , In the eternal homestead OF our God we shal
: again keep Christmas jubilee together Bu
, speak nom your thrones, all you glorliie
|. mothers, and say to all these, your sons an
daughters. words OF love, words OF warning
i words of cheer They need your, voice, 10